Example sentences of "[det] of [pron] [be] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By 1802 John Wayland — a member of a famous Frome family , some of whom were to be very eminent in Baptist circles in America — was the new owner , and rates on it cost him 4d. ; lucky old Mrs. Muir , then , who had taken over by 1804 , and was only charged half the price … |
| 2 | Some of them are to be found in Checkmate when the Red Pawns pick their way from square to square , whilst their Queen guides her King to his throne with tender steps . |
| 3 | New directors led by chairman Roy Barber , a company doctor , have now been installed at la Grande Arche and have ordered an independent review of its properties , some of which are to be sold . |
| 4 | Although the Bill of Rights was important for enumerating various " Liberties of this Kingdom " ( Some of which were to be similarly expressed during the following century in the Bill of Rights of the United States Constitution ) , its essential purpose was to assert the position of Parliament in relation to the Crown . |
| 5 | Few of them are to be found in the top echelons of racing . |
| 6 | It was all very well for countries where uniforms were fashionable — as they certainly were not in Britain and the United States — to encourage among the labourers the soldierly virtues , not the least of which was to be poorly paid . |
| 7 | He was to visit units of all the three divisions in the Corps area , each of which was to be concerned with the repatriations . |
| 8 | To do this the Germans had divided the Verdun front into a number of very small sectors , each of which was to be patrolled twenty-four hours a day by two planes . |
| 9 | I shall draw up a rota of ministers , each of whom is to be referred to in turn as ‘ the next leader of the Tory Party ’ , thus destroying their careers . |
| 10 | Cramped accommodation was found in the Louvre for six students , each of whom was to be paid an annual stipend of 1,000 livres , a director and later a secretary . |
| 11 | The package also included cuts in defence expenditure of A$80,000,000 and in social security spending , an increase in taxation on luxury cars , and an increase in public expenditure of A$323,000,000 , much of which was to be directed towards child care and road improvements ( US$1.00=A$1.3151 as at Feb. 19 , 1990 ) . |
| 12 | And there 's the question of how much of it is to be real life , for those in it , and how much will have to be some kind of fiction , or simulation , where the risks are too great or the technologies not yet available . |
| 13 | The accounts will be prepared on a consolidated basis so as to incorporate the results and assets and liabilities of the company and each of its subsidiary undertakings , all of which are to be made up to [ Transfer date ] . |
| 14 | The accounts will be prepared on a consolidated basis so as to incorporate the results and assets and liabilities of the company and each of its subsidiary undertakings , all of which are to be made up to [ Transfer date ] . |
| 15 | The borders are elaborate — comprising bands of chain-guilloche , wave-crest pattern , and simple guilloche ( all of which are to be seen in the Lion and Stag pavement ) . |
| 16 | In a contested election , however , it was impossible to do much with direct patronage , even if such were available , for there was never enough to do more than grease the palms of a handful of venal men , most of whom were to be found in the burgh councils . |
| 17 | Most of them are to be found in a narrow range of occupations and over half are office or secretarial workers [ see Table 2.5 ] . |
| 18 | Most of them are to be found in southern and Mediterranean Europe , an area in terms of its society and institutions closer to France than to Prussia or Russia . |